Roving-can.



PAUL I. ANDREWS, 0F KENNEBUNK, VMAINE.

BOVING-CAN.

' I vlpecllleation et Letter Patent.

Patented J une 16, 1914.

.Application illed April 11, 1913. Berl a1 No. 760,434.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, PAUL'I.,ANDnEws, citizen of the United States, residing at Kennebunk, county of York, State of Maine,

.,have invented a certain new and useful Im- "-provement in Roving-Cans, of which the following is a specilication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The -invention relates to cylindrical cans of liber andhas special reference to cans of that character which are of relatively large size, such as roving cans.

Cans of the character above referred to 'are' subjected to considerable hard-.u`sage,' and in order -to stand the wear and tearand pressure onthe rim of the can itis important that the rim should have some` sort of reinforcement. It is also desirable that this reinforcement should not project into the interior of the can but that the. inner surface should be entirely smooth or free from in wardly projecting portions.

The object ofthe present invention is to construct the can with a reinforcement of the character above described. c

The invention will be fully understood from the following description takenin connection with the accompanying drawings,

and the novel features thereof will be pointe ed out and clearly defined in the claim at the close of this specification.

In the drawings,-' Figure 1 is a' perspective view of a can embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on a larger scale on line 2-2 of Fig.'1.

The,body 1 of the canis preferablyr of fiber, made in eylindrical form and seamless. The rim is formed with an outwardly extending peripheral ,roll comprising first an outwardly vturned portion V2, thence Va downward bend 3,'thence a return portion 4' which'extends toward thebody of the cylinv vder and preferably into contacttherewith,

thence an upward turnffthenceanoutwardff theuppcr turn2 andltheg.

i mnti'oned downward ,portionof the roll.` y,

turn 6 betwee lower turn 4, orming a substantiallyhori-` zontal brace which extends from vcontactA with the body 1 into contact with the downward outer bend 3. These Vlast two turns, 5, y

6, leave the rim without' any exposed` raw edge; The cylinder being seamless thev curled rim being integral therewith and end- A.having an outwardly turned curved upper `upward. bend .coiitactimgwith the body 'an and extending substantiall inhorizontl less, makes a much stronger capable of resisting crus ing'` latei'll-v res# gv sure or strain than 1f it were made wit "an "'55 -o en joint. With this form ofcons'truction z a sono separate core of wire or other mate` f rial is required within the roll.` The inner turned po-rtion 6 takes the place of a 'core as well as serving as a brace. The turns should all be on a curve rather,` than angular but Y preferably the last upwardturn' ,should be rltatively short and the last outward turn 6,. s ould be more nearly flat or'only slightlyl curved and on a larger radiusthan the curve' 6F of the upward turn' 5, so that the portionsfl:

smooth grip 'for lifting the can.

What Ipclaim is: y .l l A can having a cylindrical bod and an outwardly turned radial rim rol integ'rsl'f with said body and extending entirely` around the peripheryA of the rim, said.A roll i 1t- L portion, thence a downward turn curved on y 1 "7 a shorter radius than the said outward turn, l

thence a turn toward the body curved onel greater j radius than lsaid downward benl and being substantiallyhorizontal, thence' on shorter Iradius than said horizonil'i bend, thence another outward, turn internas diate between said upper and \1o `wer tlin dirtionz-.at yright l' 'angles with -thq body ntobcontat f gthe 4inner vface of the, Brat In ltestimon whereof 4I ax'my signature'. in presence o two Witnesses. PAULL ANDREWS;

nnsmsf 11. E. Anonym. 

